📏 Form Guide

Roasso Kumamoto

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Roasso Kumamoto will be wanting a better result here following a 3-4 J2 League defeat in their last game at the hands of V-Varen Nagasaki.

For Roasso Kumamoto, the scorers were Jeong-min Bae (48') and Keita Kumashiro (92'). Asahi Masuyama (13', 32'), Masaru Kato (40'), Shunya Yoneda (51' Own goal) and Matheus Jesus (71') scored for V-Varen Nagasaki.

Matches featuring Roasso Kumamoto have usually been exciting encounters lately with high scoring expected. Over their past 6 games alone, a grand total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 7 of them being chalked up by Roasso Kumamoto. Such a trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, however.

Ventforet Kofu

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After a loss in their previous game against Shimizu S-Pulse in J2 League competition, Ventforet Kofu and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi (90') was the scorer for Shimizu S-Pulse.

It has become apparent that Ventforet Kofu have been starved of goals over their last 6 clashes, contributing the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Kofu have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Ventforet Kofu:

• have not registered a win against Roasso Kumamoto when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 06/05/2018 shows us that Roasso Kumamoto have won 1 of these and Ventforet Kofu 3, with the number of draws being 2.

A combined sum of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them from Roasso K and 12 being from Kofu. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league meeting featuring the two was J2 League match day 41 on 03/11/2023 when it ended Ventforet Kofu 2-0 Roasso Kumamoto.

The referee was Reo Tanaka.

🗞️ Team News: Roasso Kumamoto

Daichi Ishikawa (Hamstring injury) and Chihiro Konagaya (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) are unavailable for Roasso Kumamoto boss Takeshi Oki.

ℹ️ Team News: Ventforet Kofu

In an otherwise healthy group of players, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Ventforet Kofu gaffer Yoshiyuki Shinoda to be concerned with. Miki Inoue (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here. Yuta Imazu cannot play in this game through suspension.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Roasso Kumamoto could find themselves up against it to hit the back of the net against this Ventforet Kofu team who we think should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We therefore see a very competitive game with a 0-1 winning score for Ventforet Kofu at the end of the 90 minutes.

Looking forward to watching this one unfold.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 04:02 14/04/2024